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as the lance armstrong myth >> reporter: has unraveled over the years. he's now often criticized for using his relationship with cancer survivors and the livestrong foundation to salvage his public image. it's been called the "magic cancer shield." texas monthly magazine writer michael hall has profiled lance armstrong extensively. >> "the foundation does this incredible work then he starts to kind of use this foundation as kind of a shield, a convenient shield sometimes. so, people here are skeptical on the one hand because of the way he does that, but they are also still clearly impressed that he started this thing." >> ed: "you're still wearing the wristband?" >> "still have my >> ed: "not taking that off?" >> "no." >> reporter: cancer survivor jean anne booth worries the livestrong foundation will be hurt by lance armstrong's fall from grace. in 2007, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> ed: "is there any part of you that thinks that lance armstrong used his livestrong and cancer story to mask this darker side of him, as kind of a shield to prote
as the lance armstrong myth >> reporter: has unraveled over the years. he's now often criticized for using his relationship with cancer survivors and the livestrong foundation to salvage his public image. it's been called the "magic cancer shield." texas monthly magazine writer michael hall has profiled lance armstrong extensively. >> "the foundation does this incredible work then he starts to kind of use this foundation as kind of a shield, a convenient shield...
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cyclist lance armstrong is expected to make a shocking announcement when he appears in an interview with oprah this coming week. nick valencia takes a look at what the possible admission of performance enhancing drugs use could mean for armstrong's career. >> "i've said it for seven years, i've said it for longer than seven years, i have never doped. i can say it again, but i've said it for seven years, it doesn't help." >> reporter: help may be something lance armstrong will need a lot of to redeem his reputation after the u- s-a today reports armstrong will quote, "admit to doping throughout his career." the newspaper does not name their source, but says its a person with knowledge of the situation. u-s-a today says the former seven-time tour de france champion's admission, which had been widely rumored for weeks, is expected to come in a monday interview with oprah winfrey that will be taped for air thursday. as for why he's doing this now? the journalist who broke the story says armstrong had no choice. >> "with all the evidence that's come out against him it's hard to deny it anymor
cyclist lance armstrong is expected to make a shocking announcement when he appears in an interview with oprah this coming week. nick valencia takes a look at what the possible admission of performance enhancing drugs use could mean for armstrong's career. >> "i've said it for seven years, i've said it for longer than seven years, i have never doped. i can say it again, but i've said it for seven years, it doesn't help." >> reporter: help may be something lance armstrong...
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. >> check with pamela [laughter] lance armstrong is going to admit to using. perhaps if he had the media in his face. he would say one of white light to just keep going but for him to keep lying year after year, a bit of a different story we are coming back after this. sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is on now. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> the sharks are back on the ice. their first game will be sunday in calgary the first home game will be one week from thursday and rory mcelvoy will have to settle for the amount of $175 million instead of $200 million. they made the announcement in dubai. he is doing a commercial where tiger woods. an
. >> check with pamela [laughter] lance armstrong is going to admit to using. perhaps if he had the media in his face. he would say one of white light to just keep going but for him to keep lying year after year, a bit of a different story we are coming back after this. sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down,...
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. >> pam: lance armstrong makes his first public admission of using performance enhancing drugs. during a lengthy interview with oprah winfrey. after a decade of defiance and deinal. the disgraced cyclnig champion changes course. and acknowledges that he couldn't have won a record 7-tour-de-france titles. without doping. grant lodes joins us now with more from tonight's tell-all interview. >> from testosterone, to human growth hormones. he said that the use them for all seven victories he did not think it was human the possibly seven consecutive times without using this has doping. >> i see this as one big lie and i repeat it bailout. as you said it is not as if i just said no. this story was so perfect for so long and i mean that i tried to take this out of the situation to work on the disease and to have victory, seven times, happy marriage, and children. the perfect story and it was not true. i think that this ruthless desire to win. it serves me well. entering the diseases. the level that it went to for whatever reason. that the finance, that attitude, that arrogance. >> part
. >> pam: lance armstrong makes his first public admission of using performance enhancing drugs. during a lengthy interview with oprah winfrey. after a decade of defiance and deinal. the disgraced cyclnig champion changes course. and acknowledges that he couldn't have won a record 7-tour-de-france titles. without doping. grant lodes joins us now with more from tonight's tell-all interview. >> from testosterone, to human growth hormones. he said that the use them for all seven...
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. >> pam: lance armstrong. continuing his tell- all interview tonight. some surprising details on whether or not he thinks his lifelong ban from competitive sports. is the right punishment. take a listen. >> i cannot lie to you. frankly, this might not be the most popular answer but i think i deserve it. maybe not right now but if you look at the situation, the culture, the sport. if i could go back to that time. you are treating my story for a six months' suspension. that is what people thought. >> that is what other people thought. >> so i got a death penalty and >> you can never compete again. >> i am not saying that it is unfair. i'm saying that it is different. >> to you think you've got to what you deserve? >> bomb. >> for a long time people were saying that there were on a witchhunt. do you think that at this moment, how big you were how much that meant and how much people believed. what's your name and brand it stood for. >> shore. >> i deserve to be punished. i cannot know if i deserve the death penalty. >> pam: lance armstrong went on to say, t
. >> pam: lance armstrong. continuing his tell- all interview tonight. some surprising details on whether or not he thinks his lifelong ban from competitive sports. is the right punishment. take a listen. >> i cannot lie to you. frankly, this might not be the most popular answer but i think i deserve it. maybe not right now but if you look at the situation, the culture, the sport. if i could go back to that time. you are treating my story for a six months' suspension. that is what...